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Paul Bunyan statue. Atlanta, Illinois. November, 2024. © Clayton Hauck

While editing photos (that will be used in social media ads) at the studio until 10pm tonight, this gem of a video popped into my feed. It sort of perfectly sums everything up, doesn’t it? Between social media feeling like a job, my actual job feeling largely impossible lately, and our political reality feeling absolutely insane, it’s no wonder I’ve been finding joy in venturing to rural Illinois to escape and make images of whatever I find interesting, like this plexiglass Paul Bunyan statue which looks rather terrifying as well, now that I think about it.

If you haven’t seen the video below, watch it on repeat like I have been tonight (healthy!).

-Clayton